7 CFR 810.1404 - Grades and grade requirements for sorghum.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 16, 2024

§ 810.1404 - Grades and grade requirements for sorghum.

Grading factors	Grades U.S. Nos. ¹
Grading factors	1	2	3	4
Minimum pound limits of
Test weight per bushel	57.0	55.0	53.0	51.0
Maximum percent limits of
Damaged kernels:
Heat (part of total)	0.2	0.5	1.0	3.0
Total	2.0	5.0	10.0	15.0
Broken kernels and foreign material:
Foreign material (part of total)	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
Total	3.0	6.0	8.0	10.0
Maximum count limits of
Other material:
Animal filth	9	9	9	9
Castor beans	1	1	1	1
Crotalaria seeds	2	2	2	2
Glass	1	1	1	1
Stones ²	7	7	7	7
Unknown foreign substance	3	3	3	3
Cockleburs	7	7	7	7
Total ³	10	10	10	10
U.S. Sample grade is sorghum that:
(a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
(b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut odor); or
(c) Is badly weathered, heating, or distinctly low quality.

¹ Sorghum which is distinctly discolored shall not grade higher than U.S. No. 3.

² Aggregate weight of stones must also exceed 0.2 percent of the sample weight.

³ Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, unknown foreign substance or cockleburs.

[72 FR 39733, July 20, 2007]

authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

source: 52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 7 CFR 810.1404